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Kids pick the funniest poems / edited by Bruce Lansky ; illustrated by Steve Carpenter.

Carpenter, Stephen (Illustrator) (Added Author). Lansky, Bruce. (Added Author).

Summary:

Contents: Being a kid.--Parents.--Brothers and sisters.--Friends.--School days.--Disasters.--Monsters.--Strange stories.--Advice.

Record details

  • ISBN: 067174769X
  • ISBN: 9780671747695
  • ISBN: 088166149X
  • ISBN: 9780881661491
  • Physical Description: xi, 115 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Deephaven, MN : Meadowbrook Press ; [1991]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes indexes.
Formatted Contents Note:
Me 1 -- I'm Glad I'm Me / Phil Bolsta 2 -- Clatter / Joyce Armor 3 -- Things I'm Not Good At / Jeff Moss 4 -- Weird! / Judith Viorst 5 -- If I Were Ruler of the World / Bill Dodds 6 -- Daydream / Joyce Armor 8 -- Parents 9 -- Turn Off the TV! / Bruce Lansky 10 -- A Sliver of Liver / Lois Simmie 12 -- Learning / Judith Viorst 14 -- Who, Me? / Joyce Armor 15 -- My Mother Says I'm Sickening / Jack Prelutsky 16 -- Oliver's Parents in the Morning / Jeff Moss 18 -- Oliver's Parents at Bedtime / Jeff Moss 19 -- A Snake Named Rover / Maxine Jeffris 20 -- Mother's Nerves / X.J. Kennedy 22 -- Brothers and Sisters 23 -- My Little Sister / William Wise 24 -- My Brother / Marci Ridlon 25 -- Toothless Wonder / Phil Bolsta 26 -- Naughty Word / Bill Dodds 27 -- I Love Him Anyway / Joyce Armor 28 -- Baby Brother / Babs Bell Hajdusiewicz 29 -- Recipe for Making Mud Pies / Don Stewart 30 -- Sweet Dreams / Joyce Armor 32 -- Friends 33 -- Norman Norton's Nostrils / Colin West 34 -- Gloria / Joyce Armor 35 -- Dog / Ogden Nash 36 -- Willie the Burper / Bill Dodds 37 -- Suzanna Socked Me Sunday / Jack Prelutsky 38 -- Could Have Been Worse / Bill Dodds 39 -- Backwards Bob Rap / Larry Cohen, Steve Zweig 40 -- Leader / Roger McGough 41 -- Joke / Anonymous 42 -- Secret / Anonymous 42 -- School 43 -- Look Out! / Max Fatchen 44 -- Sick / Shel Silverstein 46 -- Michael O'Toole / Phil Bolsta 47 -- Mrs. Stein / Bill Dodds 48 -- A Teacher's Lament / Kalli Dakos 52 -- A Student's Prayer / Anonymous 53 -- My First Poem / Bill Dodds 54 -- Freddie / Phil Bolsta 56 -- I Love to Do My Homework / Anonymous 57 -- Bug / Lois Simmie 58 -- Disasters 59 -- I Found a Four-Leaf Clover / Jack Prelutsky 60 -- Icky / Joyce Armor 62 -- In the Motel / X.J. Kennedy 63 -- Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out / Shel Silverstein 64 -- My Puppy Loves Flowers / Bruce Lansky 66 -- Doing Business / Babs Bell Hajdusiewicz 67 -- Fifteen, Maybe Sixteen, Things to Worry About / Judith Viorst 68 -- Too Many Daves / Dr. Seuss 70 -- Monsters 71 -- Creature in the Classroom / Jack Prelutsky 72 -- Believing / Willis Hall 74 -- Sock Monster / Lois Simmie 75 -- Monsters in My Closet / Phil Bolsta 76 -- A Sorcerer Has Cursed Me / Harry Wozniak 78 -- Strange Stories 79 -- A Strange Tale / Anonymous 80 -- Teevee / Eve Merriam 81 -- Help Wanted / Timothy Tocher 82 -- A Social Mixer / X.J. Kennedy 83 -- Greedy Dog / James Hurley 84 -- I Saw a Jolly Hunter / Charles Causley 85 -- Mr. Mixup Tells a Story / David McCord 86 -- Eletelephony / Laura E. Richards 87 -- Night, Knight / Anonymous 88 -- Foolish Questions / William Cole 89 -- A Poem on the Wrong Track / Louis Phillips 90 -- * (Untitled) / Charles Wilkins 91 -- Scrambled / Bruce Lansky 92 -- Advice 93 -- Rules to Live By / Linda Knaus 94 -- Early Bird / John Ciardi 96 -- How I Quit Sucking My Thumb / Bruce Lansky 97 -- Stomach Ache Supreme / Geraldine Nicholas 98 -- Be Glad Your Nose Is on Your Face / Jack Prelutsky 100 -- Turning Off the Faucet / Jeff Moss 101 -- How to Talk on the Telephone / Delia Ephron 102 -- Stop Sniffling! / Bruce Lansky 104.
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American poetry > Juvenile literature.
Children's poetry, American.
Humorous poetry, American.
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